What Are Growth Hormone Tests?
In children, GH is crucial for bone growth, muscle growth, and height. In adults, GH affects the health of bones and muscles. Too much or too little GH in children or adults can harm their health.
What Are Growth Hormone (GH) Tests Used For?
- GH deficiency: For children to grow and develop normally, they need GH. A lack of GH can cause a child to grow more slowly than other kids the same age and be much shorter. Adults who don’t have enough GH can have weak bones and less muscle mass.
- Gigantism: This rare disorder in children causes the body to make too much GH. The hands and feet of children with gigantism are big for their age.
- Acromegaly: The body makes too much growth hormone when an adult has this disorder. Adults with acromegaly have bones that are thicker than usual and hands, feet, and facial features that are bigger than they should be.
When To Get Tested for Growth Hormone?
Children with GH deficiency show signs like:
- A slower rate of growth than other children the same age
- Less height, arms, and legs than children the same age, and less weight
- Small penis in males
- Late puberty
Adults who don’t have enough GH may feel tired and have less bone density and muscle mass. But adults don’t usually get GH tests because these symptoms are more likely to be caused by something else.
What Do The Results Mean?
GH deficiency may occur if GH levels don’t rise to a certain level during a GH stimulation test.
If your child has been diagnosed with GH deficiency, GH supplementation may be a good way to treat it. GH supplementation is an injection that contains human growth hormone that has been made in a lab.
During a GH suppression test, if the GH levels don’t drop to a certain level, it could mean that your child has gigantism or that you have acromegaly.
Most of the time, a tumor in the pituitary gland, a small gland at the base of the brain that controls many functions, including growth, is the cause of gigantism and acromegaly. Radiation therapy, surgery, and/or medicine may treat the tumor. If the problems were not caused by a tumor, you or your child might need more tests.
Awami Lab Services
If you or your child experience any of the above symptoms, you should go to Awami labs in Gujrat to get the best growth hormone test. Our skilled and educated specialists also do the best growth hormone test in Gujrat, most safely and cleanly possible. So, if you want accurate and genuine results,
we suggest you contact Awami Lab.
